Vitamins (Classification, Function, resources and deficiency)

This video is about Vitamins and the classification and resources and the problems caused by their deficiencies. Vitamins are organic substances that our body requires for normal metabolic functioning and we can get them through diet. Fat soluble vitamins: ADEK Water soluble vitamins: B complex and Vitamin C VITAMINS are organic substances that occur in many foods in small amount for the normal metabolic function we cannot synthesized them ,need to be taken through diet they are protective foods and we need then in small amount. FUNCTIONS they are helpful in the following respects . a) they buildup the resistance of the body against the disease . b) prevent and cure various disease caused by the deficiency . c) help the digestion and utilization of mineral salts and carb in the body . d) stimulate and give strength to digestive and nerves system . e) help health protection . f) help maintenance of proper health and normal growth. CLASSIFICATION OF VITAMINS 1 Fat soluble : Vitamin K (clotting ) in green leafy veg ,broccoli, cauliflower Vitamin E (antioxidant) nuts ,seeds ,veg oil Vitamin D (calcium balance) sunlight ,sea food ,beef liver ,cheese ,egg yolks Vitamin A (vision ) carrots ,sweet ,potatoes WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS B VITAMIN B1 Thiamine (carb to energy) green peas ,sunflower ,mushroom fortified bread VITAMIN B2 Riboflavin (normal growth) milk bread dark meat chicken and cooked beef VITAMIN B3 Niacin (carb fat prot - energy,DNA synth) liver,tuna ,chicken ,ground beef,br rice VITAMIN B5 Pantothenic acid (anti stress factor) Mushrooms ,nuts ,beans peas, poultry& veg VITAMIN B6 Pyridoxine (makes antibody ) chicken fish bread eggs brown rice soya beans VITAMIN B7 biotin (produce energy )meat veg fruits peanuts walnuts milk cheese VITAMIN B9 Folic acid (formation of rbc hair &skin)dark green ,leafy veg ,beans ,yeast oranges and milk eggs VITAMIN B12 cobalamin (formation of rbc )animal products meat poultry, milk and milk products C VITAMIN C Ascorbic acid(synth of collagen ,antioxidant) citrus fruits green and red peppers tomatoes PROBLESMS CAUSED BY DEFICIENCY OF VITAMINS FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS VITAMIN A (Retardation of growth of children and lowering of body resistance ,xeropthalmia ,night blindness keratomalacia degeneration of myelin sheath of the nerves . VITAMIN D rickets in children osteomalacia in adults . VITAMIN E sterility in animals but never directly implicated in males abortion in females . VITAMIN K delayed coagulation time profuse bleeding on slight injury WATERSOLUBLE VITAMINS B VITAMIN B 1loss of apatite depression exhaustion and fatigue VITAMIN B 2 lip cracks ,soreness and crakes on the tong redness of the eyes VITAMIN B 3 skin eruption diarrheas' pellagra VITAMIN B 5fatiuge irritability insomnia depression burning feet VITAMIN B 6 nervousness weakness difficulty in walking convulsive seizures in infants hypochromic anemia VITAMIN B 7 alopecia scaly cutaneous rashes VITAMIN B 9megaloblastic anemia VITAMIN B 12 megaloblastic anemia /pernicious anemia C VITAMIN C scurvy bleeding and retraction of the gums tendency to hemorrhage from the skin capillaries dental caries anemia and loss of appetite delayed of wound healing